Animals, Mimesis, and the Origin of Language by Kári Driscoll

“…Both Rousseau and Herder allude to the popular idea that the first language was metaphorical, and for both the origin of language is the result of a mimetic encounter with an animal. …”
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Ferber, Ilit. Language Pangs. On Pain and The Origin of Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 193 pp.1 by MARÍA DEL ROSARIO ACOSTA LÓPEZ

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The Language Shift Origins of Judeo-Spanish by Mahir Şaul

“… This article proposes that the Judeo-Spanish language of the Sephardic Jews of the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean involved at its origin a language shift that occurred after emigration from the Iberian Peninsula, in non-Hispanic environment; that a form of Castilian was adopted as a deliberate act and rapidly in the early period of exile, to change a prior situation of Romance language pluralism within and among the transplanted Jewish communities. …”
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Reorientando a identidade nacional em Native speaker, de Chang-rae Lee, e O sol se põe em São Paulo, de Bernardo Carvalho by Rex P. Nielson

“…The plotlines of both nove ls hinge on the identity crisis of a second-generation Asian immigrant (from Korea in one case and Japan in the other) who is seeking to negotiate his American identity (speaking in hemispheric terms) in terms of his family‟s origin and language. However, despite the similar anxieties over assimilation present in both novels, they both reveal significant differences regarding the ways in which the United States and Brazil have responded to cultural difference even as they challenge national myths of inclusi on and belonging.…”
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Un dispositif d’accès et de partage des avantages sans peuple autochtone ni communauté locale ou les omissions de la loi française pour la reconquête de la biodiversité by Pierre-Alain Collot 

“…The notion of local community, which is specific to environmental law, is nevertheless able of satisfying the requirements of constitutional jurisprudence since it does not consist of a community of origin, culture, language or belief. Beyond the logic inherent in the law of 08 August 2016, the recognition of local communities at the heart of the access and benefit-sharing mechanism must make it possible to correct the multiple shortcomings both in terms of access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge with regard to the sharing of benefits arising from their use.…”
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Ethno-cultural characteristics of Japanese communication style by N. N. Izotova

“…The article discusses the originality of communication processes in the Japanese culture-related originality of language and style of communication, the Japanese, both among themselves and with foreigners. …”
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Restoring an Onkwehonwehnéha ecosystem by Jasmine Jimerson

“…Rebuilding healthy Indigenous communities requires reconnecting the people and the earth by utilizing our Indigenous or Original foods, lan­guages, and cultural practices. This reflective essay seeks to validate further the critical relationship between Indigenous people and Indigenous food systems, its impact on learning, and the overall health and wellness of language, environment, and people. …”
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Translation and validation of the Polish-language version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) and its relationship to the type of delivery and the baby’s Apgar score by Paulina Pawlicka, Wiktor Wróbel, Barbara Baranowska, Daria Macewicz, Michał Olech, Caroline J. Hollins Martin, Colin R. Martin

“…Results The PL-BSS-R was found to have generally very good measurement properties and to be equivalent to the original English-language version across key validity indices. …”
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The Dutch version of the Dignity Therapy Question Protocol for individual Dutch nursing home residents without cognitive impairments (during COVID-19): a pilot study by Herman van Dammen, Kris Vissers, Gert-Jan van der Putten, Yvonne Engels

“…Next, a pilot study was conducted with 12 nursing home residents in which the original English-language questionnaire was transculturally translated according to the method of Beaton. …”
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Digital Health Solutions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Systematic Review by Yihan Qi, Emma Mohamad, Arina Anis Azlan, Chenglin Zhang, Yilian Ma, Anqi Wu

“…MethodsFollowing PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines, we conducted a comprehensive search in Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed to identify original English-language studies published between January 2000 and May 2024 that examined primary or secondary CVD prevention through digital solutions. …”
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Metrics for Evaluating Telemedicine in Randomized Controlled Trials: Scoping Review by Yuka Sugawara, Yosuke Hirakawa, Masao Iwagami, Ryota Inokuchi, Rie Wakimizu, Masaomi Nangaku

“…MethodsMEDLINE and Embase databases were searched for publications that met the inclusion criteria according to PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Extension for Scoping Reviews). Original, English-language articles on randomized controlled trials comparing some forms of telemedicine with face-to-face care from January 2019 to March 2024 were included, and the basic information and general metrics used in these studies were summarized. …”
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